New Arena Thread: Rogers Place? Yawn...

You know it was previously called Rexall Place, right? It's not like we're going from extremely awesome to generic. lol..

And for all you people complaining... at least it's not Jobing.com Arena.... gotta be the worst name ever.

And to not name it something like "winter garden" is smart.. Do we really need more ammunition from out of towners to say that we're winter all year round? It would be weird going to a concert at a place called the WinterGarden Arena in the summer.

I fully get it. The city has taken all the risk in this 'partnership' the Oilers reap all the rewards. I fully get that a few weeks after us coughing up our provincial infrastructure funds the city pundits began talking about the need for possibly more tax revenue to help cover the shortfall for the next leg of the lrt. I fully get that the starting point for next years tax increase is 5.5%. I also totally get the fact that they are also increasing power/sewer/waste removal costs. I totally get the fact the the neighbourhood I live in has roads and sidewalks that are a sheer and utter disgrace for a '1st class' urban center and I get that when my neighborhood rolls around in the revitalization schedule 5 years from now we will have to pay a huge revitalization fee as well.

I also get that the downtown arena might revitalize that part of the city and may years and years down the road increase some tax revenue.

I fully get it. The city has taken all the risk in this 'partnership' the Oilers reap all the rewards. I fully get that a few weeks after us coughing up our provincial infrastructure funds the city pundits began talking about the need for possibly more tax revenue to help cover the shortfall for the next leg of the lrt. I fully get that the starting point for next years tax increase is 5.5%. I also totally get the fact that they are also increasing power/sewer/waste removal costs. I totally get the fact the the neighbourhood I live in has roads and sidewalks that are a sheer and utter disgrace for a '1st class' urban center and I get that when my neighborhood rolls around in the revitalization schedule 5 years from now we will have to pay a huge revitalization fee as well.

I also get that the downtown arena might revitalize that part of the city and may years and years down the road increase some tax revenue.

You know it was previously called Rexall Place, right? It's not like we're going from extremely awesome to generic. lol..

And for all you people complaining... at least it's not Jobing.com Arena.... gotta be the worst name ever.

And to not name it something like "winter garden" is smart.. Do we really need more ammunition from out of towners to say that we're winter all year round? It would be weird going to a concert at a place called the WinterGarden Arena in the summer.

Ya, amazing how much people are complaining. like we knew it was going to be a major corp and they were going to name it "major corp" place. so who cares. Palace is really dumb, it isn't a palace.. lol. Rogers place is beyond fine with me. I like the fact that we get rid of Rexall. It makes sense for a telecom company to get naming rights, there will be lots of extra benifits that come a long with that. I mean RExal can't sell drugs at the games, so it had no cross promotion. THis will be a technological epicenter.

I fully get it. The city has taken all the risk in this 'partnership' the Oilers reap all the rewards. I fully get that a few weeks after us coughing up our provincial infrastructure funds the city pundits began talking about the need for possibly more tax revenue to help cover the shortfall for the next leg of the lrt. I fully get that the starting point for next years tax increase is 5.5%. I also totally get the fact that they are also increasing power/sewer/waste removal costs. I totally get the fact the the neighbourhood I live in has roads and sidewalks that are a sheer and utter disgrace for a '1st class' urban center and I get that when my neighborhood rolls around in the revitalization schedule 5 years from now we will have to pay a huge revitalization fee as well.

I also get that the downtown arena might revitalize that part of the city and may years and years down the road increase some tax revenue.

Edmonton has a $2B budget. If the City got no ticket money, no taxes and had to pay every penny for the whole project a one time 1% increase in revenue would easily cover the cost going forward. You have a right not to like the deal, but do you really believe any of the issues you mention would be significantly different without the arena?

I feel so happy that my city built and arena, gave it to a billionaire who already was making money and is getting truck loads of new cash from a new outrageous tv deal and now the Arena is named after a company that screws it customers up the rump when ever possible. Yay!

I don't live in Edmonton so for me it's a great deal, but I would completely against this project if I still lived there. However, big cities need shiny new toys to feel like they are real big boy cities. It's a status symbol that everyone in the city is going to pay for, even if they don't give a crap about using the facility or what's hosted in it.

I don't live in Edmonton so for me it's a great deal, but I would completely against this project if I still lived there. However, big cities need shiny new toys to feel like they are real big boy cities. It's a status symbol that everyone in the city is going to pay for, even if they don't give a crap about using the facility or what's hosted in it.

at the end of the day it was something our elected official's approved of and it will certainly have major benefits for the city. So lets just relax and live with it. The deal will never appease many poeple, it is done though. I am looking forward to Roger's place.